Tickets for the London Olympics will begin to sell in March

Two million people have already left applications for the purchase of tickets for the competition of the Summer Olympics in London 2012, reports with reference to the London-2012 organizational committee. It is expected that tickets will go on sale in March. The committee announced the beginning of the acceptance of applications for their purchase on its website in March.

All competitions provide 8.8 million seats. The cost of tickets varies from a symbolic amount of 20 pounds ($ 31) to 2 thousand pounds (3.1 thousand American dollars). The organizers hope to get 440 million pounds from the sale of tickets, which is a quarter of the current cost estimate, RIA Novosti notes.

According to the head of the London-2012 Organizational Committee, the floor of Deuton, the receipt data obtained show that women are more turning for the tickets for the site. Many decided to order tickets for several sports at once.

It is expected that by March next year, Olympic tickets via the Internet will want to purchase about 500 thousand people, Duton concluded.